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This weekend heralds the arrival of BLOODSTOCK Festival! BLOODSTOCK have partnered with live streaming website, Daily Motion to enable those who can't get along to Catton Park this weekend to still enjoy three days of metal mayhem from the Ronnie James Dio main stage. You can catch Megadeth live on Sunday, Aug 10 at 9:00 p.m. U.K. Time at the following link: www.dailymotion.com/video/x12kc97_live-stream-bloodstock-festival-2014_music.

New 20th Anniversary Youthanasia merchandise is now available for purchase in the Official Megadeth Shop. Check out the new Youthanasia Tee, Youthanasia Raglan, and a new Megadeth Baseball Jersey and Megadeth Vic Tee all at Megadeth's online store! store.megadeth.com

Heavy metal is rearing its thrashing head yet again this summer as swarms of black T-shirt-clad rockers descend on Catton Park for Bloodstock Open Air 2014. The festival is coming back for its tenth year as an outdoor event and bringing in the big guns of Megadeth, Emperor and Down to headline the celebration in Derbyshire. Read more at nottinghampost.com.

Megadeth hit the stage for a brief acoustic after-show, following its fourth concert in Istanbul on August 4. The band took the stage for an impromptu gig at the Hard Rock Cafe in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district in the early hours of August 5, playing an intimate, yet energetic three-song set. They played “She Wolf”, “A Tout Le Monde” and “Symphony of Destruction” unplugged much to the awe of a lucky crowd. The concert came hours after Megadeth’s performance at the Rock Off Festival at Küçük Çiftlik Park.

Due to an inability to confirm the guaranteed passage of the band and their gear into Tel Aviv in time for the show, the upcoming Megadeth concert, scheduled for Wednesday, August 6, 2014, has been cancelled. The band was looking forward to this concert and is disappointed they will not be able to put on the show for their fans, but expects to return to Tel Aviv on their next international tour. Ticket holders should contact their point of purchase to handle refunds. Check back tomorrow for further specific instruction on refunds.

uDiscover recently wrote a piece marking the recent 22nd anniversary of Countdown To Extinction. Megadeth were already seven loud, proud years into their album life by the time they pressed the button on "Countdown To Extinction", released 22 years ago. But this was the album that turned the Los Angeles rebels from gold to platinum, and then into a multi-platinum rock phenomenon. Read the article at uDiscoverMusic.com.

Video footage of Megadeth's trip on their private jet from Spain, where they performed at the Resurrection Fest on July 31, to Rejmyre, Sweden, where they performed at the Skogsröjet festival on August 1, can be seen below.